The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-28
PearIIngton, Miss, Sept. Z, 1897.
Snecial

Special agricultural schools,
where agricultural science is instill.
ed INTO the rising generations, are
referred to as existing in the vari-
GUS countries of Europe, aud the
result Is that their lands which have
in many Instances yielded crops for
1000 years are as good now as then.
The Agriculturalau Mechanical
College at Stark villf is then discuss
ed at length He asatrnStee OF the
college ana as a citizen, has watch
ed it with satisfaction not npmin-
| gled with anxiety. 1t has succeed
ed beyond his expectations. He
intending resigning 81 IA nnstee to
give his whole time to the people of
Washington AS Il Senator, but he
will not do so now, because there is
a storm Of clamor. against the col
Iege. He intends to stay aboard
and do bis duty as the storm lasts
or go down with the ship.
The history ofthe college and The
obstacles it has encountered are
then detailed at too great a length
to follow him. His idea Gems to
be that it should be a college where
farmers, those intending to enter
actively into agriculture, h%orticul-
ture, dairying, etc.-should be edu-
Gated, aud thar it should be made
accessible to the poor boys Of the
State to the extent Of sending one
or more proficient aud promising
youths at public expense from each
county.
Ifhe had been consulted he wonld
not have advised the establishment
of the girls college now-nOt that
he believed it ought not to have
been established, but because he
that complaints would be
made which would imperil all of the
State institutions. He would have
waited a little longer till industrial
education had been more fixed in
the public mind; but it had been
established and ia great deal of
spent on it. 1t has been
successfully inaugurated and the
question now is, shall give up all
He answered no. He regards
this institute as second Gully III i'm
portance to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, andrsecoDd on.
" to that because we live more aud
our being in agriculture.
The Importance of industrial f.
education is then recounted at
Astounding with statistics,
showing the poor pay that women
receive tor needle work and other
manual pursuits. The importance
of preparing them for making Il liv.
lug III higher aud more reMunera-
tive pursuits is shown to be great.
The girls school should be support
ell, but are taken that no extrava-
gances and unnecessary eXpeudi-
lures should be made.
The University at Oxford he con-
siders a valuable Institution Tor the
education OF the youth OF
the State. He did not indulge in
that grand vision it's future as some;
but it bad done great service to the
State in the past, aud is deserving
OF a liberal support by the people OF
the State but he is opposed to rec
ogniziug any further fictitious debt
as a charge upon the State.
His logic AS TO this institution is
that it should be properly support
ell on the same footing with the 9th
err colleges, the money tor it being
considered appropriated from the
treasury aud not payments of
amounts due 10y the State.
The letter will be read with great
interest throughout the entire State.
The statistics in the letter are of
great value and will doubtless be
preserved for future references by
many.
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